Messages in this thread |  | | From | Albert Cahalan <> | Subject | Re: My wish for the next Linux-Release... | Date | Wed, 3 Jul 1996 06:46:46 -0400 (EDT) |
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From: hpa@freya.yggdrasil.com (H. Peter Anvin)
>>> Well there are alread a few options... >>> a) make install >>> b) make zlilo >>> c) make zdisk >> >> This will know to put it in /dos/linux/kernel/2-0-0.ker, and to >> put the map in /dos/linux/map/2-0-0.map of course. Then it will >> add a Linux entry second in /etc/lilo.conf, move the old kernel >> down, and give the old kernel a name like 1-99-12. > > You betcha. "make install" will do *anything you darn > well please*; if you don't like the default you can install > your own /sbin/installkernel script, and it will be used.
I can deal with that, though that would be one hell of a script.
I'd just like to make things easier for the newbie compiling his first kernel. I've seen people use the uncompressed kernel or some other file _many_ _many_ times. It's like it says "use me".
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